William bedell benison



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W. B. BENISON.

BIT FOR ANIMALS. No. 559,319. Patented Apr. 28, 1896.

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BIT FOR ANIMALS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 559,319, dated April 28, 1896. Application filed August 15, 1895. Serial No. 559,307. (No model.) Patented in England October 22,1892,No.18,924=.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ILLIAM BEDELL BENI- SON, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, and a resident of Holly Bank, Kings Heath, county of lVorcester, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bits for Animals, (for which I have obtained a patent in Great Britain, No. 18,924, bearing date October 22, 1892,) of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bits for animals suitable for both driving and riding purposes. I attain these improvements by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, and Fig. 3 a plan of the invention.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The bit is composed of two cheek-pieces A A, and two mouthpieces B and O, the latter being placed one above the other. The upper bar or mouthpiece B works in a vertical direction, being attached to the cheek-pieces A by upright beams A, on which eyes B at the ends of the bar B run. The lower bar or mouthpiece 0 works in a horizontal direction between two bars A A running parallel to one another in the cheek-pieces. To the ends of this lower mouthpiece are attached at either end rings 0, which prevent the mouthpiece passing' between the parallel bars A and to which the reins are attached. The mouthpieces B and C may be either straight or curved.

To the lower bar or mouthpiece a nose-band, which is detachable at pleasure, is supplied.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In bits for animals,the combination with the cheek-pieces A, A, having at their upper part the upright beams A, and at their lower part the horizontal bars A A with the movable bars Band C, substantially as set forth and shown.

WVILLIAM BEDELL BENISON. lVitnesses:

FRED. H. CARTLAND,

ERNEST W. J ONES. 

